Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria just spoke with the media this afternoon as the team started its first full-squad workout of the spring.

Asked if this 2012 team looks better than the ’03 World Series championship club, Loria said: “This is the strongest one going in and if we have some good health and good luck we’re going to be a hell of a team to contend with.”Manager Ozzie Guillen spoke to the team for 30 minutes. Loria said he will address the team for the first time this year an hour before the first game of the season on April 4.

Here are a few highlights of Loria’s media session:

On being in the same division as the Phillies: “I’ll take my chances against any team. This is a good club. “What we need to do is just get going and take it where it’s going to take us…

“We’ve had some very talented teams in the past, but this is a, you could sense it in the clubhouse when Ozzie was talking, the look in their eyes, the enthsusism.”

On the off-season moves: “To me it’s the same thing as I do in that art world of mine – you kind of make things fit, and I think we’ve done a very good job with it.”

On how long he sees himself owning the Marlins: “As long as I live. I love this team. Things happen in life. You never know but we’re going full speed ahead this year.”